Current Donation & Volunteer Opportunities

DONATE

Help Provide 300 Easter Baskets to Summit County Children's Services

Donations Collected February 8 – 22
Help Wrap & Deliver Baskets during Fellowship Hour on March 1

Donate by Feb. 22: chocolate Easter bunnies, individually wrapped candy or treats, jump ropes, bubbles, small Matchbox cars, coloring books, crayons, small stuffed animals, or anything else a 4-7 year-old child might like in their Easter basket! We are assembling 150 baskets for boys and 150 baskets for girls during Fellowship Hour on March 1 (click here to sign up).

Drop donations off in the Church Office. You can also donate $25 to cover the cost of a basket by giving online or by writing a check to FCCH (please write Easter Basket in memo line) and leaving in the collection plate on Sunday.

Questions? Contact Patty Hahn at pattybike3642@gmail.com or 330-256-6086.

Donate to Area Food Pantries

 

We are collecting monetary donations to funnel to Hudson Food Pantry, North High School Food Pantry, and North Hill Community House. Click here to donate.

Donate Fall & Winter Clothing to Trinity Clothing Room (Ongoing)

Trinity Clothing Room Fall Clothing Donations Needed

Ongoing donation opportunity.

Please leave gently used, laundered donations in the marked cabinet in FCCH back stairwell.

Donations go to the clothing rooms at Trinity, North High School & Preschool, Findley CLC, Grace House and the International Institute of Akron. Thank you!

Needed:

  • Men’s small & medium pants, jeans & joggers
  • Men’s t-shirts (college logos accepted, but please no local school logos)
  • Lightweight jackets & hoodies (esp. boys’ & men’s)
  • Boys’ tops & bottoms sizes 6-18
  • Shoes in all sizes & styles
  • NEW socks and underwear, all sizes

Please, only shoes/clothing in excellent condition. And please, no swimwear.

Thank you!

Questions, please contact Sandy Miller.

VOLUNTEER

Volunteer at North High School Food Pantry & Clothing Room (ongoing)

Help Us Meet Our Goal!

Our goal is to have the North High School Food Pantry open every day!

We need your help to make sure that each week North High School students and their families can secure basic needs through the Food Pantry and Clothing Room. These two rooms provide essential items that have directly impacted on students’ ability to be successful at school by making sure students have food to eat, hygiene products and clothing.

How can you help?

  • Consider volunteering from 2-3:30 p.m. on school days to provide coverage so the Food Pantry can be open for students.
  • Help families obtain food at the Food Pantry on Tuesdays and Thursdays
    from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Assist in the Clothing Room on any school day between 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

If you have questions, please contact Kris Stoehr.

Click here to sign up.

Serve at Gennesaret, Inc. Soup Kitchen on the First Saturday of Every Month

Gennesaret, Inc. Soup Kitchen

The First Saturday of Each Month

8:30 a.m. to Noon

SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN 2025 HERE

SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN 2026 HERE

Help prepare and serve hot lunches at Gennesaret Inc. soup kitchen in downtown Akron.

Volunteers are needed the first Saturday of each month from 8:30 a.m. to Noon. 

Questions? Contact Jeff Wells.

Tutor Students With a Goal (SWAG)

Tutor Students With A Goal (SWAG) at the Reach Opportunity Center at Summit Lake, assist middle school and high school students with their homework.

Volunteers are needed M-W from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

To volunteer, contact Allen Park.

Volunteer at Trinity Clothing Room on Tuesdays

 

Help needed every Tuesday, 10 a.m. – Noon

Meet at Trinity UCC Church in Akron (915 N. Main Street) to sort donations and pack up bags of clothes for a variety of people in need in the North Hill area.

To volunteer, contact Sandy Miller.